A Peruvian microwave's control panel-- apparently stuffed peppers and rice pudding are popular dishes to heat up.
At Mercado San Pedro/ Mercado Central en Cusco, Peru many different vendors offered the same type of traditional pan (bread.)
Peru has such an amazing history of agriculture, and tremendous amounts of varieties. The dark maiz morado on the lower right is most popular cooked with lemon, sugar, and pineapple rind to make a dessert beverage. Maiz morado can also be used as a dyestuff!
This was a tamer image of the meat vendors at Mercado Central.
IF YOU CAN"T HANDLE DEAD MEAT, DON'T LOOK AT THE LAST PHOTOS IN THIS POST AFTER 7 PHOTOS DOWN. SUSIE, DON'T LOOK!
Ah, the ambulantes! In the foreground we see a vendor of fresh pineapple slices, to the right and below, a bakery on wheels, and in the background above to the far left is a music vendor whose ambulante is a big amp with CDs displayed on top!
A bakery on wheels
A really vertically integrated business: at the bottom, a cage of quails and their feed; hidden next to the quails, a propane tank; above them, raw quail eggs; at the top, boiled quail eggs for sale with condiments and salt! 5 eggs for one Peruvian Nuevo Sol, or $0.36 US.
Choclo is starchier than the sweet corn widely available in the US, but one ear of the large kernels is about as filling as a whole meal, also for about one Sol.
Crema volteada and leche asada are both types of baked eggy custards.
Churritos are little churros, just like you can find so easily in California. These are served with sugar, pero sin canela, without cinnamon. Dough was placed in the canister above and extruded into the hot oil below, heated with propane. Her perforated spoon was used both to cut lengths of dough as she squeezed it out, and to fish the finished product out of the fryer. This vendor was at the FAB7 conference, and her cart was decorated by a participant.
Perhaps the most famous traditional Peruvian dish is pollo a la brasa, or well- seasoned rotisserie chicken. This image is from a culinary museum in Lima.
Look out below, sensitive eyes and stomachs!
Another well- known traditional Peruvian dish is cuy, or Guinea pig.
I thought this hank of tracheas was striking.
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